Now in their second year of high school, Chihaya and her friends share all the fun and worries that come with welcoming underclassmen to the team as they face tough rival schools. The passion of the Mizusawa Karuta Club burns hotter than ever, but with the same refreshing, youthful mood carrying over from the first season.

Chihayafuru is the 2nd anime I waited patiently every week to air on CR (the first was Usagi Drop) while all the others I usually marathoned when it was over. So I'm super stoked for this afternoon Btw.. please don't spoil with manga scantilation theories and whatnot..

It started out fine. STAR by 99RadioService wasn't up to my taste after using their other song YOUTHFUL for the first season, but Akane Kara is a bit more better than the first season's Soshite Ima both done by Ayase's VA Asami Seto.

The following contains my thoughts on the episode with screenshots

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Looking around after first-years just to get back at your ex... I'm not even what to say about that

Chihaya looks beautiful as ever :)

When they got all those girls at the club room, I thought they we were only their for Taichi haha. I guess they're there to learn the game, that or it will prove me wrong. But what about the guy in the back of them.